Final Stretch

August 2nd, 2011

With less than 2 weeks left here in New Haven before I head back to South Carolina, I am starting to tie up some of the loose ends on my project. The forwarding modeling code has proven itself to be non-intuitive and frustrating at times but it is very satisfying when you get a feature to match. I have been spending most of my time trying to create a model for the KGM station, which is one of the middle stations along the Ryukyu arc. It is interesting to see the features that show up and change across multiple stations. There is one in particular the we see on the northern three stations that I am going to attempt to model next (wish me luck).

I just submitted my AGU abstract yesterday (glad to check that off the list). Unfortunately the AGU dates are the week of my finals but hopefully I won't have to much trouble working it out. I have also started putting my poster together in my spare time. I don't have much more than a layout with my name and abstract in there yet but at least it is a start.

Went into NYC to visit an old friend over the weekend. Took my first ride on the NYC subway system (a little sad considering I have lived in the NE most of my life). It was an experience. While I do not miss the oppresive heat, I am getting excited to head back to SC in a few weeks.

I apologize that there are no new and pretty figures to show, creating a workable model has taken more time and finesse than I had originally anticipated.